President Park Geun-hye has urged a group of South Korean business leaders that are accompanying her on her U.S. trip to expand investment without fail.

Park made the call during a breakfast meeting with the business delegation in Washington on Wednesday.

She praised some conglomerate groups’ recent moves for changing their practice of subcontracting with affiliate companies and converting nonregular workers’ status to that of regular workers. She then called on conglomerates to work toward establishing a fair market economy and expand investment.

In response, business leaders said that they will exert active efforts so that the new government’s creative economy strategies will lead to economic development.

Park also stressed the need to expand investment during a luncheon attended by South Korean and U.S. businesspeople.